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Re:Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 Fan Port Hit with DMCA by tapland on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @02:08AM (#19735968)
Nintendo are the Disney of the gaming industry in regards to protecting their IPs.

Any in-game footage of a Nintendo game on youtube can be flagged by Nintendo (of Japan usually) at any time. They don't really check for fair use beforehand.

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Re:Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 Fan Port Hit with DMCA by lancefisher on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @02:40AM (#19736103)
Apparently, they’ve lightened up a bit on this. https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/28/18117172/nintendo-youtub...
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Re:Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 Fan Port Hit with DMCA by blackbeard334 on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @03:09AM (#19736216)
Reminds me of this for some reason.

https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/14/10123754/john-romero-supe...

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Re:Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 Fan Port Hit with DMCA by farmerbb on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @02:51PM (#19741599)
This is true. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKtaFU2ky9E
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